Opportunities
 Oil & Gas Sector has largest
economic advantage
 India -Iran Pipeline project could be
gateway to Asia
 Potential of Caspian gas pipeline to
Europe
 Increasing Demand of Oil & gas in
developing Countries
 Geopolitical situation in Persian
Gulf region
 Uncertainty about the substitution
cost of RE for Oil & gas
 Electricity market of Iraq and
Afghanistan is growing hance they
can be a good market for thermal
power stations -Gas Based
 Blue Hydrogen
Weakness:
 Economy highly dependent on oil and
gas- Tougher negotiations
 Conservative sides are dominant in
politics- Doesn’t want exports
 Lower technology advancement
 Less friendly relations with neighbors:
Kuwait and Bahrain
 Poorest human rights record deters
professionals and personnel
 Absence of LNG technology made it
difficult and expensive to transport
natural gas (Based on case)
 Ease of doing business ranking is
127 of 190 counties, hinders foreign
investors.
Threats
 Growing concern for climate and
Global warming
 RE policies supported and adopted
by various developing and
developed countries
 Lack of governmental financial
supports on LNG technologies.
 Decrease in global energy demand
due to increase in competitive low
cost RE technologies
 Powerful competitors in neighboring
Area
 Sanctions about buying energy from
Iran
 Absence of large investors due to
foreign political pressure
 Weak foreign policy- Lack of strong
positioning in OPEC
 Conservative side in Power
Strengths: -
 Iran holds 157,530,000,000 barrels
of proven oil reserves as of 2016,
ranking 4th in the world and
accounting for about 9.5% of the
world's total oil reserves of
1,650,585,140,000 barrels.
Strengths: -
 Iran’s proven reserves equivalent to
239.2 times its annual consumption.
 It is a potential gas superpower
which has turned natural gas
resources to source of revenue.
 It’s intensive gas pipeline linkage
with international markets, can
increase its bargaining strength.
 Iran Petroleum Contract(IPC) to
attract more upstream sector
investments.
 For EU, decoupling from Russia’s
gas supply monopoly ,Iranian gas is
needed to solve EU’s energy
dilemma. Therefore Iran is emerging
as a strong player in EU market as
well.